A better system would be to take the the higher paying of either duration based or view based pay.

> A better system would be to take the the higher paying of either duration based or view based pay.

I'm not sure how this would work when sharing profits between people.

You're talking about the US government as if it is a single entity with a consistent driving motive. There's no reason that one section could (accidentally or intentionally) do damage to another section.

Streaming is seen, by many content creators, as a way to fight piracy.

Steam streaming games is seen, by many content creators, as a way to fight piracy.

Streaming (as a means of protection) is as useless as DRM except they're too stupid to not do that dance for their legal departments. It hurts legal consumers and doesn't punish non-legit consumers. It prevents you from using content you've paid for & used previously when your internet goes down. Not to mention the enormous waste of electricity/bandwidth/environment/people's lifespan. It costs us all.

I never said it was an effective strategy. I just said that it is seen as a means of fighting piracy. People go to large extremes to protect themselves from a perceived loss, even if their actions are more harmful in the long term.

I know. I'm just frustrated by that. We're imposing random and artificial limits on technology because of an outdated business model.

Imagine if the RIAA made a law that CDs could only be played sequentially, and you had to turn the disc over to get to the second half.

Because most companies don't care enough. A lot of companies are still hosting in the US.

But hackers overtaking banking for example might be a real risk.

My company paid for my trip.

Configuration Errors are an example of "one-off" exploits. Things which are specific to a environment, rather then a code base.